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Detachment mechanisms for implantable devices

US10478192B2 · kind B2 · utility

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19Claims

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Assignee

Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. · US

Inventors

Clifford Teoh · Los Altos, US
Michael Williams · Dover, US
Gregory E. Mirigian · Dublin, US
Kirsten Carroll · San Francisco, US
James M. Anderson · Cohoes, US
Jay Rassat · Buffalo, US
Benjamin Arcand · Minneapolis, US
Derek C. Sutermeister · Eden Prairie, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 23, 2015
Grant date	Nov 19, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 23, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2017/1209
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Disclosed herein are detachment mechanisms for vaso-occlusive devices that allow for rapid operator-controlled release of the vaso-occlusive device into the selected site. Also disclosed are vaso-occlusive assemblies comprising these detachment mechanisms and methods of using these detachment mechanisms and vaso-occlusive assemblies.

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